Realty Specialist

Full Job Description

This position is part of the Office of Management, Department of Energy. As a Realty Specialist, you will serve as the Department's leading expert in real estate for DOE Headquarters activities.

As such, incumbent serves as a technical resource for the Department and, when appropriate, as an ad hoc team leader to address real estate matters.

In some cases, staff will come from within the office and in other cases staff will come from other Field Management Offices or other Departmental Elements.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level GS-14 in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position is defined as meeting ALL of the following: Developing and implementing real estate strategies and policies.

Negotiating or overseeing multi-party real estate agreements that have broad organizational or public impact.

Analyzing and resolving real estate challenges, such as large-scale land-use conflicts, property disposals, or major lease agreements.

Education cannot be substituted for specialized experience at the GS-15 grade level "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience.

Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations.

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages.

If more than two pages are submitted, only the first two pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications.

Your full resume will be made available to the hiring manager if you are referred.

Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration.

You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Major Duties:

As a Realty Specialist, you will: Serve as the primary advisor for Headquarters actions and a recognized technical expert in real estate matters to ensure that the work scope is clearly defined and that performance measurement criteria are in place prior to its assignment to a team.

Evaluate and oversee the successful and timely accomplishment of all technical work assigned to the team and ensure that quality standards are met.

Articulate, develop, and recommend new policy and procedures, of Government-wide scope, that are unique and precedent setting, as the Department's representative in interagency groups tasked for such purposes by the General Services Administration, the Department of Justice including other similar agencies.

Produce reports, reviews, and assessments to prove or disprove the feasibility of new or altered techniques, procedures, plans and management systems pertaining to real estate.

Provide recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of existing or proposed regulations by developing new or more readily understood concepts, ideas and procedures.

Lead the preparation, review and coordination of special reports, studies, and analyses on real property management actions.

Provide the office with expert guidance in real property management as necessary to formulate Departmental policy guidelines and criteria.